Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart
Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart (Lorient, 1757 — Bagnols, 1842) was a French privateer, navy officer and admiral. He was related to the noted Admiral Maxime de Bompart.
Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart | |
---|---|
Born | 1757 Lorient |
Died | 1842 (aged 84–85) Bagnols-sur-Cèze |
Allegiance | |
Service/ | |
Rank | Vice Admiral |
Commands held | Embuscade, Expédition d'Irlande |
Battles/wars |
He took part in the American War of Independence as a young officer.
He later captained the Embuscade. She encountered and fought HMS Boston off New Jersey at the Action of 31 July 1793.
Promoted to admiral, he commanded the Expédition d'Irlande and was later defeated at the Battle of Tory Island.
He retired in 1801 over political disputes.
Sources
- Les Noms qui ont fait l'histoire de Bretagne, Coop Breizh et Institut culturel de Bretagne, 1997, notice de Paul Coat.
gollark: No, it's pretty widely used now.
gollark: I see. Firefox seems to like using IPv6, so I'll have to figure out the address it's connecting to or whatever.
gollark: <@444305412079222785> Sorry it took me a while to get around to checking, but I tried the `tcpdump` thing you suggested and it says "tcpdump: invalid option -- 'g'".
gollark: ... *just* as I type that, another "B4ckdoor-owned-you" one.
gollark: I wanted to do something fun with them like give them a HTTP response which never finishes, but sadly the bots seem to have stopped.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.